瞬间秒杀听力 第578期:健康习惯

Mark:What's up,dude?

Henry:I'm fine.How about you?

Mark:I'm trying to lose¹ weight.

So I go to a dance class every night.

Do you want to come,too?

Henry:You want me to go to a dance class? 

When pigs fly.

Mark:Believe it or not.

I've shed² five pounds³ in two weeks.

Henry:Congratulations,

but I'll knock⁴ the socks off⁵ you.

I've lost ten pounds walking to work 

instead⁶ of driving my car.

Mark:Wow,A small change of habit 

makes a real⁷ difference⁸.

马克：老兄，近来如何?

亨利：我挺好的，你怎么样?

马克：我正在努力减肥。所以我每天晚上

都去上舞蹈课。你要不要一起来？

亨利：你要我去上舞蹈课?

除非太阳打西边出来了。

马克：信不信由你。我两周内已经减掉5磅了。

亨利：恭喜你啊。但我也会令你刮目相看。

我现在都不开车，改成走路去上班，

我已经减掉10磅了。

马克：哇！习惯上的一个小小改变可以产生很大的作用！

1 lose   

v.丢失，失去，迷失，(钟表)走慢

参考例句：

• I always lose at cards, with my bad luck.我不走运，打牌总输。
• I can always lose myself in a good book.一本好书会使我爱不释手。

2 shed   

n.车棚，小屋，脱落之物，分水岭；vt.使流出，放射，脱落，散发，摆脱；vi. 流出

参考例句：

• There are a lot of straws in the shed.棚子里有许多稻草。
• His nose told him that he was getting near the cow shed.他的嗅觉告诉他，他正走近牛棚。

3 pounds   

n.英镑( pound的名词复数 )；磅；敲打；重击声v.连续重击( pound的第三人称单数 )；咚咚地走；（持续地）苦干；（驾舟时）拍打（水面）

参考例句：

• The paper got clobbered with libel damages of half a million pounds. 这家报纸被罚以五十万英镑的诽谤损害赔偿金。
• He donated thousands of pounds to charity. 他向慈善事业捐款数千英镑。

4 knock   

n.敲，敲打；vt./vi.敲击，互撞，攻击

参考例句：

• There was a very quiet knock at the door.有人轻声叩门。
• She took a bad knock when her parents died. 她的父母去世使她受到沉重的打击。

5 off   

adj.远的；休假的，空闲的；adv.走开，出发，隔断；prep.离开，脱落，在...之外

参考例句：

• You'd better cool off first.你最好先冷静下来。
• I need some time off.我需要一些时间休息。

6 instead   

adv.代替；顶替

参考例句：

• She decided to leave here on Sunday instead of Monday.她决定星期日而不是星期一离开这里。
• Will you go to the party instead of me?你替我赴宴好吗？

7 real   

adj.真实的；非虚构的；真正的；非常的

参考例句：

• You know her real name?你知道她的真正名字？
• The real world does not look that way!现实世界不是这样的！

8 difference   

n.不同；差异；区别

参考例句：

• He doesn't know the difference between right and wrong.他是非不分。
• The difference is so slight,that I can hardly see it.差别很小，我几乎看不出来。